Dehydrase
//diːˈhaɪdɹeɪz// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 dehydrogenase
"It is shown by means of a typical dehydrase, Schardinger’s milk enzyme, that oxidase, reductase and mutase are 1 and the same enzyme."
- 2 dehydratase
"The usual English term ‘dehydrase’ for an enzyme dehydrating a substrate was changed to dehydratase, because Dehydrase in German…means a dehydrogenating enzyme rather than an enzyme splitting off water."
Example
More examples"It is shown by means of a typical dehydrase, Schardinger’s milk enzyme, that oxidase, reductase and mutase are 1 and the same enzyme."
Etymology
Formed as de- + hydr- + -ase, by analogy with the German Dehydrase.
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